Backend Developer (Python)

TL;DR

Backend Developer (Python): Designing and evaluating production-realistic software engineering tasks across bug fixing, feature development, refactoring, migration, and testing with an accent on multi-file codebases, reference implementations, and robust validation. Focus on debugging complex systems, identifying edge cases, and reviewing peer submissions for correctness and realism.

Location: Remote from Egypt

Salary: $15–$35 per hour, with hourly rates estimated from anticipated project completion time.

Company

hirify.global develops AI-focused software engineering evaluation and task-generation solutions.

What you will do

• Design and implement multi-file coding tasks covering bug fixes, feature development, refactoring, migration, and testing.
• Write clear specifications and complete reference implementations.
• Develop and extend unit and integration test suites.
• Review peer-generated tasks for correctness, clarity, realism, and alignment with expected outputs.
• Identify edge cases, ambiguities, and potential failure modes.

Requirements

• Advanced professional written English proficiency.
• 3–7 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python and JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Backend or full-stack development experience with production systems.
• Experience with testing frameworks such as pytest, Jest, JUnit, xUnit, or Go testing.
• Ability to debug and navigate large codebases, conduct code reviews, refactor code, and perform production migrations.

Culture & Benefits

• Part-time, project-based consultant engagement.
• Flexible schedule controlled by the consultant.
• Ability to provide services to other vendors or employers, subject to their allowances.
• Consultants provide their own tools.
• Payment is made per project, with hourly rates serving as estimates.